This is my 500th post on TE, and this is too my 100th post from USA.
To celebrate these facts, a picture with (at least) 500.000 lights, from where comes the title of this post (perhaps a a bit tough ?) :o)

I took this picture during blue hour end, on top of GE Building, in Rockefeller Center (Top of the Rock).

Some of the image elements :
. Empire State Building
. Midtown and Downtown Manhattan, Brooklyn, and little part of Staten Island
. Manhattan, Brooklyn and Verrazzano bridges
. Statue of Liberty (if you have good eyes)

I thank you all for your critics on these 500 first posts !
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And good luck if you are counting the lights :o)

hello neighbour :) and sincere congratulations on these milestones! you have chosen a fantastic photo to celebrate the occasion, the lights look like jewels scattered on blue velvet. I'm very impressed with the quality - not one light is overexposed. really great work, and keep posting :)

Congratulation for Attractive and charming night scene,Very good POV and love you're position of empire state as main focal point in this scene,Clean and crisp sharpness that made highest depth for this scene too.Outstanding work,TFS.asap

congratiolation my friend for the 500th TE photo of your hand,
it's a fantastic one, what a fantastic clear shot with all thoose lights in a good composition and your signature of quality, fine photojob here, have anice evening.
regard Jaap

Hi Jean,
Sometimes small is also beautiful...and is just a TE 500, milestone, but you have captured the vastness .........500000-2598+98965.I am also poor like you in mathematics.........so I gave up counting the lights.Heartiest Congratulations for lighting the hearts too.

Hello JB,
congratulations for this milestone and what a way you found to celebrate it, you decorated NYC with candles to celebrate :)
This is a fantastic view not only for the lights but also because of the great concentration of skycrappers we can see here.
The exposure is spot on with all these lights perfectly exposed.
Cheers.
Paulo

I don't think any one have time to count number of bulbs in your perfectly captured night scene while preferring great pleasure to watch it. The blue of sky and as you know yellow tones are spectacular. Congratulation twice also for your first five hundred beautiful posts too. Have a nice new week.

Hi JB,
There are many photos from this city of lights, but i never cease liking this impressive scenery of huge buildings. For me the best detail of this photo is the red spot at the very top.
Congrats for your 500+100.
Cheers,
Deniz

Hi Jean-Bernard,
Congratulations for your 500th ! post and your magnificent collection! This is a splendid choice to ocassion, really fantastic spectacle its so than a glittering jewel. The timing is excellent and the atmosphere is great. Very well done! Have a nice week
George

Wow, congratulations on the double achivement, JB. And nice play with the numbers in the title. Splendid view over NYC at the blue hour. If we had any doubts about the height of the Empire State Building, here we can apreciate how tall it is when compared with the other skyscrappers. Beautiful to see its white top shining against the sky.
Regards,
ricardo

Hi Jean,
Congratulations!
Famous view but rarely this well presented. Early evening I guess. Still some light on the sky and most of the windows have lights too. Very sharp. All the tones of various methods of illumination are clearly visible.
Kari

Hello Jean Bernard!
NY is always NY and this nocturnal view is incredibly beautiful, with very good technical quality: a very good one to celetrate such number - 500 posts!!! Wow!
Congratulations and keep on sharing with all of us such excellent images!
Warmest regards,
Neyvan

Hello Jean Bernard.
Double congratulations for these landmarks. And also for your photo. It's a beautiful night shot, an alluring image. My only criticism would be that the top of the tower on the Empire State is a bit close to the edge of the photo. The exposure is very good and the lights are sharply defined. Well done.
Regards,
Andrew

Salut JB! A milestone and a town that celebrates with you ... all lights on for a night in New York, full of energy and still young to be discovered, taken at the famous blue hour that swichtes to complete darkness very soon. A famous view but transformed into a unique post and we have an aha effect meanwhile and we know this can only be you that makes the lights flicker or the colors go wild. Excellent quality from A to B ... Félicitations et une belle soirée, not à NY je suppose ... Barbara.

Hello Jean Bernard,,
Very nice shot from this lovely place. A half month ago I stood exactly there. You caught that beautiful view very well. Did you use your tripod? I did :-)
Anyway, great shot!
Have a nice day,
Kris

JB,
first of all congratulations for this important milestones. You know the picture is simply beautiful, stunning, awesome, amazing..so I'm not gonna tell you how much I like it as I love it! But I want to say thank you for all the effort you are putting in this community, and of course a big thank you to share with us such a great masterpiece. It's a honour to be part of this community where great photographers as you are, are the absolute and main protagonists. My sincere congratulations!
Regards,